About us | Members | Equipment | History

About us

Within the Faculty of Sciences in Novi Sad are operating two research groups. Laboratory of X-ray diffraction “Dr Bela Ribar”  is located at the Department of Physics and has modern equipment for testing of single-crystal and powder samples. Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry is situated at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, and the group members are using single crystal X-ray diffraction as a method of structural characterization of the synthesized compounds.

Members

	Dr. Srđan Rakić Full Professor srdjan.rakic@df.uns.ac.rs Nanostructured materials Single crystal X-ray crystallography
	Dr. Agneš Kapor Full Professor akapor@df.uns.ac.rs Single crystal X-ray crystallography Identification and phase analysis of nano, powder and amorphous materials Non-covalent intermolecular interaction in crystals
	Dr. Željka Cvejić Associate Professor zeljka.cvejic@df.uns.ac.rs Nanostructured materials Single crystal X-ray crystallography
	Dr. Maja Stojanović Associate Professor maja.stojanovic@df.uns.ac.rs Liquid crystals Structural analysis of single- and polycrystalline samples
	Dr. Olivera Klisurić Associate Professor olivera.klisuric@df.uns.ac.rs Single crystal X-ray crystallography Medical Physics
	Mr Stevan Jankov Research Assistant stevan.jankov@df.uns.ac.rs Nanostrukturni materijali Rendgenska strukturna analiza monokristala
	Dr. Miroslav Cvetinov Research Associate miroslav.cvetinov@df.uns.ac.rs Phase transitions in liquid crystalline materials X-ray structural analysis of soft materials (polymers and liquid crystalline materials)
	Dr Vukadin Leovac Professor Emeritus vukadin.leovac@dh.uns.ac.rs Coordination chemistry
	Dr Marko Rodić Assistant Professor marko.rodic@dh.uns.ac.rs Single crystal X-ray crystallography Coordination chemistry
	Dr Mirjana Radanović Assistant Professor mirjana.lalovic@dh.uns.ac.rs Single crystal X-ray crystallography Coordination chemistry
	Dr Ljiljana Vojinović Ješić Full Professor ljiljana.vojinovic-jesic@dh.uns.ac.rs Coordination chemistry

Msr Vidak Raičević Research Trainee vidak.raicevic@dh.uns.ac.rs Organometallic chemistry Phytochemistry

Equipment

• Single crystal X-ray diffractometer Gemini S (former Oxford Diffraction, now Agilent Technologies) equipped wit two co-mounted X-ray tubes (Cu Kα i Mo Kα) and liquid nitrogen cooling unit Cryojet HT system  that allows working at 90–490 K.

• Rigaku MiniFlex 600 diffractometer for qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycrystalline samples.

• High-temperature chamber Anton Paar HTK2 for powder samples with vacuum pump Edwards.

• DuPont DEA 2970 dielectrometar.

• Thermo Scientific DXR Raman microscope for characterization of organic and inorganic samples by Raman scattering.

• Carl Zeiss Jena polarization microscope for optical analysis of transparent samples in transmission mode.

• UV/VIS spectrophotometer, Analytik Jena Specord 205, for spectral analysis of solutions in ultraviolet, visible and near infra-red range.

• Philips PW1700 diffractometar for qualitative and quantitative analysis of polycrystalline samples.

• High-voltage generator Seifert ID3000 with automatic goniometer for powder samples Seifert MZ IV and goniometer  Philips PW1050/25
• Weissenberg camera STOE & CIE
• Debye-Scherrer cameras
• Precession camera
• Gandolfi camera

History

Laboratorija za rendgensku difrakciju osnovana je 1973. godine u okviru Instituta za fiziku, Prirodno-matematičkog fakulteta u Novom Sadu. Direktor Instituta dr Slobodan Carić inicirao je formiranje ove Laboratorije u okviru predmeta Fizika čvrstog stanja na završnoj godini studija fizike. Osnivač i glavni nosilac aktivnosti i rada same Laboratorije je bio dr Bela Ribar koji je doktorirao na Departmanu za kristalografiju u Bernu, Švajcarska.

Intenzivnim i višegodišnjim radom u koji je uključivao mlade ljude, dr Bela Ribar je oformio prepoznatljivu grupu uglavom diplomiranih fizičara koji su se bavili kristalografijom. Većina njih je odbranila magistarske radove iz kristalografije, a u okviru postdiplomskih studija na fizici u Beogradu na smeru Fizika kondenzovanog stanja. Većina doktorskih disertacija je odbranjena na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu u Novom Sadu. Time je formiran tim strucnjaka koji se i danas bavi raznim oblastima kristalografije. Za razvoj ove discipline kao i razvoj interdisciplinarnosti kristalografije u ostalim naukama najviše zasluge pripale su Prof. Beli Ribaru koji je 1987. godine izabran za dopisnog člana Srpske akademije nauka i čijom zaslugom ova Laboratorija i danas postoji u malo izmenjenoj formi i pod nazivom »Dr Bela Ribar« upravo u ime i sećanje na njenog osnivača.